How to make fwupd detect ESP partition?

When I run any fwupd command, e.g. fwupdmgr get-devices , I get:

x fwupdmgr get-devices
WARNING: UEFI ESP partition not detected or configured
See https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/wiki/PluginFlag:esp-not-found for more information.
Dell Inc. Latitude 5420

├─System Firmware:
│ │   Device ID:          34bf7e4c173798e36e
│ │   Summary:            UEFI System Resource Table device (updated via NVRAM)
│ │   Current version:    1.39.1
│ │   Minimum Version:    1.39.1
│ │   Vendor:             Dell (DMI:Dell Inc.)
│ │   Update Error:       Not updatable as UEFI ESP partition not detected
├─UEFI Device Firmware:
│     Device ID:          ef9c68af09e25eb2
│     Summary:            UEFI System Resource Table device (updated via NVRAM)
│     Current version:    184
│     Minimum Version:    184
│     Vendor:             DMI:Dell Inc.
│     Update Error:       Not updatable as UEFI ESP partition not detected

x fwupdmgr get-devices
WARNING: UEFI ESP partition not detected or configured
See https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/wiki/PluginFlag:esp-not-found for more information.
Dell Inc. Latitude 5420

├─System Firmware:
│ │   Device ID:          34bf7e4c173798e36e
│ │   Summary:            UEFI System Resource Table device (updated via NVRAM)
│ │   Current version:    1.39.1
│ │   Minimum Version:    1.39.1
│ │   Vendor:             Dell (DMI:Dell Inc.)
│ │   Update Error:       Not updatable as UEFI ESP partition not detected
├─UEFI Device Firmware:
│     Device ID:          ef9c68af09e25eb2
│     Summary:            UEFI System Resource Table device (updated via NVRAM)
│     Current version:    184
│     Minimum Version:    184
│     Vendor:             DMI:Dell Inc.
│     Update Error:       Not updatable as UEFI ESP partition not detected

How can we address this?

6 Replies

autumn (password generator)•7d ago

did you look at https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/wiki/PluginFlag:esp-not-found ?

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PluginFlag:esp not found

A system daemon to allow session software to update firmware - fwupd/fwupd

krishnakumarOP•7d ago

Yes. It works on all OSes other than blendOS (is it because /boot is not writable?)

autumn (password generator)•7d ago

afaik /boot is writable? i could be wrong though i'll try to take a look at it later

🎄 Asterisk•7d ago

If it’s not writeable add fwupd commands to system.yaml Do the update during system build

krishnakumarOP•6d ago

I tried it But it still says that ESP partition is not detected How do other blendOS users here update your system's firmware?

🎄 Asterisk•6d ago

Remount the partition as writeable then sudo mount -o remount,rw /boot

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How to make fwupd detect ESP partition?